Service Details
Name:
 BROWN
Given Name:
 HERBERT STANLEY
Initials:
 H S
Service No:
 103259V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 26 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-12-18
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Date of Birth:
 1916-10-31
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Vickers Wellington Mk XI #HZ526, missing at sea, off Takoradi, West Africa
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederick Stanley and Jessie Florence Brown, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Born Pietermaritzburg. A civil engineer (public servant). Commemorated on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. Commemoration headstone in Pietermaritzburg (Mountain Rise) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 Malta
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Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 12, Column 1.

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